GV.OV-02 The cybersecurity risk management strategy is reviewed and adjusted to ensure coverage of organizational…
The cybersecurity risk management strategy is reviewed and adjusted to ensure coverage of organizational requirements and risks
Source: NIST CSF 2.0, GV.OV-02. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST CSF 2.0 in the compliance library.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Gap analysis output with remediation plans · Policy repository / GRC workspace
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Strategy adjustment records and approval · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Coverage assessment comparing strategy against requirements and risks · Document repository
- Mapping of risk register categories to strategy elements · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Internal audit reports addressing strategy coverage · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Executive briefings on coverage status · Document repository
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Strategy never explicitly mapped against the risk register
- Emerging risks (AI, supply chain) not covered by current strategy
- Gap analyses produced but not acted upon
- Coverage assessments rely only on internal viewpoints
- Adjustments approved verbally with no audit trail
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetGV.OV-01 Cybersecurity risk management strategy outcomes are reviewed to inform and adjust strategy and direction · GV.OV-03 Organizational cybersecurity risk management performance is evaluated and reviewed for adjustments needed